7/3/2023 0 Comments Lane snapper![]() ![]() Shrimp fisheries take for a large portion of the total catch of this snapper, due to the juveniles preference for soft bottom s with high populations of shrimps. Lane snapper are caught with beach seines, boat seines, traps, handlines, and bottom trawls. The consumption of its flesh has been known to result in cases of ciguatera poisoning. Larger specimens can be found in somewhat deeper waters, but are typically less plentiful. Lane snapper are more typically caught in shallower waters than many other snappers, most commonly yellowtail snapper and gray snapper. The lane snapper is prized for its tasty, white meat, which is sold in supermarkets throughout Mexico. The lane snapper is preyed upon by larger fishes and sharks. The larvae are little known but settle at a length of about 1 cm (0.39 in). They are broadcast spawners, the fertilised eggs drift on the currents and hatch after 23 hours. Off Puerto Rico spawning reaches its zenith in May. Lane snapper form spawning aggregations, off Cuba these aggregations are found from March until September, peaking in activity in July and August. Known prey includes smaller fishes, cephalopods, gastropods, and crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs. Lane snappers are opportunistic, nocturnal predators feeding on a diverse range of animals. Lane snapper are sedentary, staying in a home range, after they have become adult except when spawning. ![]() The juveniles live in sheltered inshore waters. It occurs over reefs and sandy bottoms with algae or sea grass at depths between 30 and 122 m (98 and 400 ft). The lane snapper is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs as far north as North Carolina and Bermuda south through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, along the coast of South America as far south as Santa Catarina, Brazil. They have an indistinct black spot underneath the soft rayed part of the dorsal fin. There are 3-4 yellow stripes on the head which extend from the snout to the eye, The flanks are marked with 8-10 yellow to pink longitudinal stripes, with a further 3-4 underneath the front dorsal fin ray. The lower flanks and abdomen are silver with a yellow hue. ![]() In both phases the upper flanks and the back are pink to red with a green tint on the back. This species has two colour phases, a deep-water phase which is darker and more distinctive than the colour of the shallow-water resting phase. This fish attains a maximum total length of 60 cm (24 in), although 25 cm (9.8 in) is more typical, and the maximum published weight is 3.5 kg (7.7 lb). It has relatively short pectoral fins which do not extend as far as the anus and contain 15-16 fin rays. It has a continuous dorsal fin which has 10 spines and 12-13 soft rays, with a slight incision sometimes visible between the spines and soft rays, the anal fin has 3 spines and 8-9 soft rays. The preopercle is serrated, and has a weakly developed incision and knob. The vomerine teeth are arranged in an anchor shaped patch of teeth with a short rearwards extension along the middle of the palate and there is a pair of tooth patches ar either side of the palate. It has a sharply pointed snout, With a pair of front and a pair of rear nostrils which are simple holes, it has a relatively large mouth with a moderately protrusible upper jaw which has most of its length below the cheek bone when the mouth is shut., Each jaw has one or more rows of sharp, conical teeth with a few of these being enlarged to form canines. The lane snapper has an oblong, compressed body. The specific name synagris is an Ancient Greek name for the common dentex ( Dentex dentex) which the lane snapper was thought to be similar to. The lane snapper was first formally described in 1758 as Sparus synagris by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of the Systema Naturae with the type locality given as America septentrionali, i.e. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean. The lane snapper ( Lutjanus synagris), the Mexican snapper, redtail snapper or spot snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. Neomaenis megalophthalmus Evermann & M. ![]()
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